First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first… Continue reading Kayla’s First Lines Friday: April 9, 2021
Live in the sunshine; Swim the sea; Drink the wild air! Ralph Waldo Emerson I love this from Emerson. It spoke to me today as my granddaughters are playing in the beautiful sunshine in our backyard and I was reminiscing about being with them at the beach. I hope you are enjoying a beautiful, blessed… Continue reading Words of Wisdom With Becky
Welcome back to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam on Taking on a World of Words. If you want to participate, please check them out. I’d love to read your www post! No blog? No worries, just answer the questions in the comments. We bees love hearing about new… Continue reading Kayla’s WWW Wednesday: April 7, 2021
★★★★★ Genre: SuspensePages: 336Publication: TodayBuy: The Drowning Kind Summary: When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it’s just another one of her sister’s episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie… Continue reading Kayla Reviews THE DROWNING KIND
★★★★★ Genre: True CrimePages: 397Buy Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Summary: He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta Child murderer. He has confronted, interviewed and researched dozens of serial killers and assassins, including Charles Manson, Richard Speck,… Continue reading Kayla Reviews MINDHUNTER
It’s time for another list of #SaturdayBookSales! Each Saturday I hunt down the best book deals I can find and share them in a new post! If you want to participate you can do so by sharing a link to a good deal you’ve found in the comments of our weekly post or… create your… Continue reading Saturday Book Sales: April 3, 2021
Hey everyone! I know I promised to share my query letter, and that's exactly what I'm going to do. Now, I tend to use a "bonding open," as recommended by Kathy Ver Eecke in her Get a Book Deal 101 digital course. Since I don't want to list any agents names here on the blog,… Continue reading Kayla’s Author Journey: April 2, 2021
For this week's Book tag Thursday, I found this tag over at Amy's blog, The Fangirl's Opinion. I just had to try it out! Rules Tag Ally @ Ally Writes Things so I can see your recommendations!Give at least one recommendation for each of the prompts belowIf you don’t have a recommendation, talk about a book you… Continue reading The Book Recommendations Book Tag
book reviews and photography
Welcome to the Killer Nashville blog, an online community of readers and writers of mysteries, thrillers, suspense, and true crime.
Where stories spark conversation and every book has something to say.
A Couple of B's 